ran out of supplies while the rebels increased the intensity of their attacks. Wang Ji continued to put up a firm defence and hold his ground. When the opportunity came, he launched a counterattack and defeated the rebels. After suppressing Zhuge Dan's rebellion, Wang Ji wrote a letter to Sima Zhao: Sima Zhao wanted to ask Tang Zi and the Wu defectors to serve as guides in leading Wei forces deep into Wu territory to launch an attack. However, Wang Ji advised him against it: Sima Zhao thus called off the attack on Wu. After pacifying the Huainan region, Wang Ji was reassigned from his position as General Who Guards the South () to General Who Attacks the East (), and put in charge of military affairs in Yang Province. He was also elevated from the status of a district marquis to a county marquis under the title "Marquis of Dongwu" (). He wrote a memorial to the imperial court to decline the promotion, and gave the credit for suppressing the rebellion to all his subordinates. Seven chief clerks and army majors under him were thus awarded marquis titles. When Wang Ji's mother died in 258, the Wei imperial court issued an edict ordering news of her death to be kept secret. The remains of Wang Ji's father, Wang Bao (), were excavated and transferred to Luoyang for reburial together with Wang Ji's mother. The imperial court also posthumously appointed Wang Bao as the Administrator of Beihai Commandery. As General Who Attacks the South In 259, Wang Ji was reassigned from his position as General Who Attacks the East () to General Who Attacks the South (), and put in charge of supervising military operations in Jing Province. In the following year, the Wei government added 1,000 taxable households to his marquisate, bringing the total number up to 5,700. Two of Wang Ji's sons were enfeoffed as a village marquis and a secondary marquis respectively. Sometime between 17 April and 16 May 261, Hu Lie (), the Administrator of Xiangyang, reported that the Eastern Wu military officers Deng You () and Li Guang () were planning to lead 18 units to defect to Wei, and had already sent their subordinates Zhang Wu () and Deng Sheng () across the border. Upon receiving the news, Sima Zhao and the Wei imperial court ordered Wang Ji to mobilise the military units in